Leroy Simmons Dies at 74 in Williston Funeral Planned
Leroy Simmons 74 died at his residence. Funeral services set for 5 p.m. tomorrow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church near Williston with Rev. Cliff Jines officiating. Burial in Joyce Branch section of Williston Cemetery. Survived by widow Idonie Belle. daughter Eva Benson Augusta. son L M Simmons Williston. four sisters and four brothers. Folk Funeral Home Williston handling arrangements.
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Williston
Leroy Simmons
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Cliff Jines
Joyce Branch
Idonie Belle Simmons
Eva Benson
Augusta
L.M. Simmons
J.M. Smith
Alabama
George Galman
North Augusta
Anthony Crotea
Arvene
N.Y
Mattie Lou Rossi
Royston
B.F. Simmons
Garfield
W.C. Simmons
Barnwell
Jack E. Simmons
Wilson W. Simmons
Folk Funeral Home
Lewis Abraham of North Augusta Dies in Augusta Hospital
Lewis Abraham of Route 1 Box 185 North Augusta died Friday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by W H Mays Mortuary. He was a native of Edgefield County and a deacon at Silver Bluff Baptist Church. He belonged to FAAY Masons. Survived by wife Dorothy and five daughters Virginia Kelly Mamie Brantley Betty LaPrade Estelle Scott Marguerite Mitchell. five sons Rev Lewis Abraham III Elmber Abraham Jeffrey Abraham. two sisters Alice Alexander Amelia Randolph. five brothers Isaac Arthur Dock Willie Lugene.
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North Augusta
Lewis Abraham
Augusta
W.H. Mays Mortuary
Abraham
Edgefield County
Silver Bluff
Dorothy Abraham
Virginia Kelly
Mamie Brantley
Betty LaPrade
Estelle Scott
Marguerite Mitchell
Lewis Abraham III
Elmber Abraham
Jeffrey Abraham
Alice Alexander
Amelia Randolph
Issac Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Dock Abraham
Willie Abraham
Lugene Abraham
Aiken Standard Office Notice From 1867
Publication details for the Aiken Standard establish its daily afternoon edition except weekends. It lists address 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken SC 29801 and PO Box 456 with postal and subscription policies.
Miss Ettie Franklin Rites Held at Shiloh Baptist
Miss Ettie Mae Franklin 67 of Rt 4 died yesterday at a Columbia hospital. Services were held today at 3 30 p m at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev Daniel E Johnston officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers named: Everett Franklin Holbrook Piper Alonzo Padgett Jesse Moyer Idell Raborn William T Raborn. Survived by three sisters Riva Raborn Mrs Cleveland Piper Mrs Willow Moyer all of Aiken and three brothers Bartlett Franklin Lexington Furman Franklin Aiken Quinby Franklin Aiken.
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Ettie Mae Franklin
Rt. 4
Columbia
Shiloh Baptist Church
Daniel E. Johnston
Everett Franklin
Holbrook Piper
Alonzo Padgett
Jesse Moyer
Idell Raborn
William T. Raborn
Miss Franklin
Aiken County
Lafate
Annie Hatcher Franklin
Shiloh
Frazier Rites Set in North Carolina and Aiken
Friends may call at the residence of his sister at 420 Pendleton Street N E Aiken or at the funeral home.
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Frazier
Charlotte
N.C
Pendleton St
N.E
Aiken
Solomon C Ready dies. funeral set in Graniteville church
Solomon C Ready of 46 Gregg St Graniteville died Saturday at home. Funeral service today at 5 PM at Calvary Baptist Church Graniteville with Revs Albert C Atkinson and J R Pratt officiating. Burial Sunset Memory Gardens Langley. He was a Barnwell County native longtime Aiken County resident WWII veteran retired from Graniteville Co member of Calvary Baptist. Survived by wife Donnie Still Ready four daughters and four sons plus three brothers.
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Graniteville
Solomon C. Ready
Gregg St
Calvary Baptist Church
Albert C. Atkinson
J.R. Pratt
Sunset Memory Gardens
Langley
Barnwell County
Aiken County
Graniteville Co
Donnie Still Ready
Granteville
James C. Brantley
Aiken
Ralph George
Bonneau
Herman Hiers
Barnwell
Olive Best
Augusta
Emery Ready
Bobby Ready
Clyde Ready
Rodney Ready
New Ellenton
Clarence F. Ready
Long Island City
Robert W Pond Jr dies. rites set in Martinez chapel
Robert W. Pond Jr. of 709 Tuttle St. Augusta died yesterday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services are tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Thomas L. King Funeral Home Chapel in Martinez with Rev. Melvin Nall officiating. Burial follows in West View Cemetery. He was a lifelong Augusta resident, retired city employee, and member of Crawford Avenue Baptist Church, American Legion Post 63 and DAV. He is survived by two sons Billy Pond and Ronnie Pond, one brother Leslie Pond, and two sisters Louise Dennis and Elsie Toole. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Thomas L. King
Martinez
Melvin Nall
West View Cemetery
Augusta
Crawford Avenue Baptist Church
The
American Legion Post 63
DAV
Barbara F. Pond
Billy Pond
Belvedere
Ronnie Pond
Leslie Pond
Otis Joe Stines Rites Planned at Montmorenci
Funeral services for Otis Joe Stines of Route 2 will be held at 4 40 p.m. tomorrow at Mount Hill Missionary Baptist Church Montmorenci with Rev E W Simmons officiating. Burial follows in the church. Stines, a lifelong Aiken County resident, was a retired farmer and member of Mt Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Mt Montmorenci Masonic Lodge 267 and Union Progress Society. He is survived by wife Bessie Steines two daughters Alberta Scott and Mable Burris a sister Lillie Mae Winters stepfather John Dozier and others with funeral home contacts in Aiken.
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Montmorenci
Otis Joe Stines
Route 2
Mount Hill Missionary Baptist Church
E.W. Simmons
Church
Aiken County
Mt. Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Mt. Montmorenci
Masonic Lodge
Union Progress Society
Bessie Steines
Alberta Scott
Mable Burris
Aiken
Lillie Mae Winters
Spring Lake
John Dozier
Monetta St
Jackson- Brooks Funeral
Walter K. Freeland dies in Augusta area after 50 years
Walter Kim Freeland of 1221 Highview Ave North Augusta died Saturday afternoon in an Augusta hospital. Services will be at noon today at Posey's Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Pineview Memorial Gardens. He was a retired Seaboard Coast Line engineer and a longtime member of North Augusta First Baptist Church and several Masonic and Eastern Star bodies. He is survived by Anna Mae Herring Freeland, one brother Furman Freeland, two sisters Mattie Rushton and Lilia Adams. Ninety Six pallbearers and Lyons Bible Class members will serve as pallbearers and honoraries. Friends may call at the residence or funeral home.
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North Augusta
Walter Kim Freeland
Highview Ave
Augusta
Posey
Funeral Home Chapel
Robert H. Ledbetter
Art Snead
Archie W. Brickley
Pineview Memorial Gardens
Saluda County
North Augusta First Baptist Church
Lilia Adams
Cody Billiter
Fred McDonald
W. W. Prescott
C. M. Barnhart
J.B. Lyon
Lucuis Bultman
J.D. Harviey
Charley Bateman
Lyons Bible Class
Albert Frazier Dies in Augusta Hospital
Albert Frazier died yesterday in an Augusta hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Miller's Funeral Home. A native of Aiken County he was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. Surviving are two sisters Miss Willie Mae Frazier Aiken and Mrs. Vivian Upton New York NY and four brothers Charles Frazier Ander Frazier Aiken Roy Frazier Salley and Raiford Frazier.
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Albert Frazier
Augusta
Miller
Aiken County
Zion Hill
Milhouse Jr. Funeral Held at Hayden Baptist Church
Funeral services for Arthur Junior Milhouse, 43, who died Wednesday in Aiken County Hospital, were conducted yesterday at Hayden Baptist Church by Rev. R. E. Bush. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
William Paul Lott Langley dies in Aiken County
William Paul Lott of Langley died Friday at Aiken County Hospital. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Langley Pentecostal Church with Revs Ira Crocker and L H Elliott officiating. Burial will be in Langley Cemetery. A Greenwood County native, he lived most of his life in Aiken County. Heat.
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Langley
William Paul Lott
Aiken County Hospital
Langley Pentecostal Church
Ira Crocker
L.H. Elliott
Langley Cemetery
Greenwood County
Aiken County
Langley Obituary Notes Lott Family Ties
Mrs. Dorothy Duncan Lott of Langley is survived by her son Paul J. Lott of Langley and brother Luther Harold Lott of Langley. The deceased attended Langley Pentecostal Church and worked in the Gregg Division of the Granville Co.
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Langley Pentecostal Church
Gregg
The
Graniteville Co
Dorothy Duncan Lott
Langley
Paul J. Lott
Luther Harold Lott
Mrs. Fannie P. Lloyd obituary in Belvedere area
Fannie P. Lloyd 84 of 613 Celest Ave Belvedere died Friday in Bronx New York funeral home announces she was a lifelong Aiken County resident Survived by three daughters Emma Lee Lamar Mat tie Davis and Della Dyson two sons Tomey Edward Lloyd and John Lloyd Jr Friends may call at the funeral home
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Belvedere
Fannie P. Lloyd
Celest Ave
Bronx, N.Y
Nix
Aiken County
Emma Lee Lamar
North Augusta
Mattie Davis
Della Dyson
Bronx
Tomey Edward Lloyd
John Lloyd Jr
Augusta
Johnston Wallace 69 dies. funeral at Simmon Ridge Baptist
Robert Wallace Johnston died at 69 on May 20 at his home. The service was held yesterday at Simmon Ridge Baptist Church near Edgefield with Rev. R Brighharp presiding. Burial is in the church cemetery. Survived by wife Alice B Wallace and many step-relatives. Amos and Sons Funeral Home of Johnston in charge.
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Johnston
Robert Wallace
Simmon Ridge Baptist Church
Edgefield
R. Brighharp
Alice B. Wallace
Will Burton
New Jersey
Walter Burton
Flushing
N.Y
Sumpter Burton
Maryland
Richard Burton
Panzo Burton
Theodore Burton
Bronx
Curtis Burton
Tommy Burton
James A. Burton
Pinckney
Minnie . Whitney
Lucile Burton
Rebecca Dukes
Mattie Simpkin
Mami
Fla
Will Wallace
Miami
Veleria Daniel
Aiken
Lucile Betts
Lan
J C Barden of Plum Branch Dies at 79
J C Barden 79 died in an Augusta hospital. Services at 3 p m tomorrow at Plum Branch Baptist Church with burial at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. He was a native of Edgefield County, retired Atlantic Refining employee, and a Lions Club member. He leaves wife Mrs Clementina McDonald Barden, one son J W Barden, four daughters and siblings. Friends may call Strom Funeral Home McCormick until one hour before services.
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Plum Branch
J.C. Barden
Augusta
Plum Branch Baptist Church
Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Greenwood
Edgefield County
Atlantic Refining Co
The
Lions Club
Clementina McDonald Barden
J.W. Barden
North Augusta
Celine Augeri
Aiken
Jeanette Duval
Anchorage
Alaska
Harriet White
Kansas City
Betty Tudor
Miami
Fla
Carrie Rankin
McCormick
Morton Barden
Columbia
Strom Funeral Home
Fred Wimberly Sr. funeral services held for 80 year old
Fred Wimberly Sr., 80, of 507 Abbeville Ave NW died Friday at home. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Zion Field Baptist Church with Rev. Simon Oneal officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. He was a World War I veteran, longtime Zion Hill Baptist Church deacon chair and choir member, with ties to Zion Branch Lodge 314. Survived by wife Lessie, three sons Fred Jr of Aiken, Ezekiel of White Pond, William P. of New Jersey, and brother Earlie J. Wimberly of Hollis New York.
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Fred Wimberly
Abbeville Ave
Zion Field Baptist Church
Simon Oneal
Wimberly
Aiken County
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Zion Branch Lodge
Lessie Wimberly
Aiken
Fred Wimberly Jr
Ezekiel Wimberly
White Pond
William P. Wimberly
New Jersey
Earlie J. Wimberly
Hollis
N.Y
Quake Strikes Toledo Spain and Portugal area
A powerful earthquake rattled western Spain and central Portugal early today per the Toledo Geophysics Center. No injuries were reported and the tremor was recorded shortly after 5 a.m. EDT with an intensity of 7.8 on the Richter scale.
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Toledo
Spain
Portugal
Toledo Geophysics Center
Toledo Center
Community Calendar events in Aiken and surrounding areas
Tonight features a reception for J D Lever at Center School cafetorium 7 p m and multiple meetings at Ramada Inn and local venues. Tomorrow includes Social Security info at Wagener and a Food Stamp issuance session in Jackson plus a Planned Parenthood clinic by appointment.
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J.D. Lever
Center School
Aiken
National Secretaries Association
Ramada Inn
Aiken County Rescue Squad
Aiken County Playhouse
Community Action
Selvern Road
Wagener
First State Bnk
Jackson
Planned Parenthood of
Aiken County
Midland Valley
Clearwater
Youth Services Advisory Council
St. Thaddeus Parish House
American Legion
the Legion Home
Council
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
North Augusta
Judge Peeples To Hold Special Session
A three week term of general sessions court in Aiken presided by Judge Rod ney Peeples cleared over 100 cases from the docket. He will return for a two week civil term in June and a special two week criminal term in July or August to further clear the docket.
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General Sessions Court
Rodney Peeples
Aiken
Peeples
Textiles Start Showing Signs Of Recovery In Carolinas
The Associated Press reports that North and South Carolina show unemployment easing below 10 percent with about 337000 claimants in March down from 425000. Textile workers like Jesse Jones return to six days weekly as production slowly revives after sharp earlier cuts.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Jesse Jones
Lowell
Gastonia
N.C
Pharr Yarns
Gaston County
North Carolina
South Carolina
Gosnell Trial Ends With Jury Deliberations In Homicide Case
In closing arguments the defense and state urged jurors to weigh the evidence. Prosecutor Johnson argued the rifle shown by the defense could have delivered death by own action, while defense attorney Fox pressed for verdict based only on presented facts. Judge Peeples guided jurors toward guilty of murder, voluntary manslaughter, or innocence with instruction on possible sentences.
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C. LaVain Fox
Johnson
Rodney Peeples
Peeples
Gosnell
Fox
All Auto Plants In Operation Again
The Detroit AP report notes that 58 domestic auto plants resume manufacturing today for a six month milestone. It marks first full operation since Nov. 11 as Ford restarts six plants and over 20,000 workers return from layoffs, despite weak sales.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Nominees For Center Area Presented
The Center Fire Department announced nominees for three commission seats and a six-member Board of Advisors as part of a proposed special purpose district for eastern Aiken County. Nominated are Woodrow Driggers Lawrence Stacher Vernon Mundy for the commission and W. W. West Charles Ewing Leonard Bell F. A. Broadway Dan Magnus L. G. Eubanks for the board. Petitions signed by 170 voters must reach the Aiken County Election Commission by noon May 30, with a special election set for July 15 to decide the candidates and district creation.
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The
Center Fire Department
Board of Advisors and
District Commission
Commission
Woodrow Driggers
Lawrence Stacher
Vernon Mundy
W. W. West
Charles Ewing
Leonard Bell
F.A. Broadway
Dan Magnus
L.G. Eubanks
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
S. C
S.C
Rome
Ettie Franklin
Robert W. Pond Jr
Tuttle St
Walter K. Freeland
Arthur J. Milhouse
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Florida
New York
Andy Anderson
Ira Barrs
S.C. Association of Rescue Squads
William Tharpe
Aubren Ashley
Les Jones
Richard Campbell
Leonard Ledford
Don Reinhardt
Jimmy Rowe
Aqua Patrol
Larry Keeter
Bill Vickers
Paul Jennings
Mrs. Gosnell
Center Area
Memorial Park
Neil A. Ladd
DIAL
Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun
Orangeburg Counties
Ithen
George
Jonn Alexer
Ades
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